Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), aiming for a fourth IPL title, retained key players like Rinku Singh and Sunil Narine. They made a record-breaking purcha

Players KKR should have gone for instead of Venkatesh Iyer. (Photo Source: Jio Cinema) Kolkata Knight Riders spent INR 23.75 crore to acquire the services of Venkatesh Iyer in the IPL 2024 mega-auction.

Both Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders have enter the auction in search of a captain primarily. DC bought 19, while KKR bid for 15 players during the auction.

KKR squad in IPL 2025: Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders turned heads on the first day of IPL 2025 Auction, securing seven players and making a bold move by splurging on all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer.

KKR will have to find a player who can lead them next season. Here are five players who can be considered as captain materials for the Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2025.

Having failed to retain Venkatesh Iyer, KKR went hard for the all-rounder at the IPL 2025 mega auction and bought him back for a whopping INR 23.75 crores. Vaibhav Arora, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, and Anukul Roy are other players who have returned to the franchise after being released.

Venkatesh Iyer, the most expensive all-round player in IPL history, was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders, for a record-breaking Rs 23.75 crore on Day 1 of the auction, garnering headlines.

Ahead of the IPL 2025 Mega Auction, the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had retained six players but they were not able to retain their skipper Shreyas Iyer. During the IPL 2025 Auction,